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Serbia Today 96-07-03
Serbia Today
3 July 1996
CONTENTS
[01] YUGOSLAVIA WISHES TO OVERCOME DELAY IN RELATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN
UNION
[02] FOR AN EASIER SOLUTION OF THE REFUGEE PROBLEM
[03] ITALIAN BUSINESSMEN IN THE ASSEMBLY OF SERBIA
[04] INTERNATIONAL PROJECT ON THE RESULTS OF CARDIOVASCULAR CLINICS
[05] BILJANA PLAVSIC HAS TAKEN OVER ALL THE FUNCTIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF
SRPSKA PRESIDENT
[06] EVEN AFTER ELECTIONS - DIVISION
[07] MUSLIMS ADMITTED THE CRIME AGAINST 26 CROATS FROM BUGOJNO
[08] THE HAGUE AGAINST CROATIA
[09] SLOVENIA WAS ARMING ITSELF EVEN BEFORE THE YEAR 1990
[01] YUGOSLAVIA WISHES TO OVERCOME DELAY IN RELATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN
UNION
Deputy Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia Zivadin Jovanovic addressed yesterday the
Foreign Affairs Committee of the Belgian Senate, speaking of the
foreign policy of Yugoslavia, implementation of the peace process
in Bosnia-Herzegovina and economic cooperation between FR of
Yugoslavia and Belgium. He informed the Belgian senators of the
efforts of the Yugoslav government to overcome as soon as possible
the delay in relations with Belgium and the other member countries
of the European Union, which has occurred because of the long
isolation of our country after introduction of international
sanctions. "In this four-year period alone", said Jovanovic,
"Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had a direct loss of at least 50
billion US dollars and an indirect one of at least one hundred
million US dollars". Deputy Federal Minister placed the focus on a
prompt return of the FR of Yugoslavia to the international
institutions and organization, most of all into the financial ones.
Judging according to the questions asked by senators immediately
after the speech of Jovanovic, the impression is that the feeling
prevails in favor of such a support to the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia. In the debate, there was a positive view of the recent
exchange of visits of the official economic delegations of Belgium
and FR of Yugoslavia, with the statement that only during the last-week's
visit in Brussels of thirty directors of large-scale
Yugoslav economic organizations, business deals were concluded in
the value of some 20 million US dollars. (Borba, July 3, 1996)
[02] FOR AN EASIER SOLUTION OF THE REFUGEE PROBLEM
In Belgrade an agreement was signed yesterday between the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the UN High Commissariat for
Refugees, which is making possible promotion of cooperation and
regulation of status of this UN humanitarian agency in our country.
"The fact that this is one of the first agreements to be signed
with such an important UN agency is also a recognition to the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for its efforts in the
implementation of the Dayton Agreement and its generally
acknowledged peaceful policy. Signing of the agreement should
facilitate solution of the refugee problem, both in case of their
return and in creating conditions for they stay and integration in
these areas", stated Assistant Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
Dr. Radoslav Bulajic who had signed the agreement on behalf of the
Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. (Borba, July 3, 1996)
[03] ITALIAN BUSINESSMEN IN THE ASSEMBLY OF SERBIA
President of the National Assembly of Serbia Dragan Tomic
received yesterday delegation of the Italian businessmen headed by
the director of the Milan company "Impregllo" Vitorio Ferrari.
During the talks about promotion of cooperation between Serbia and
Italy, Italian delegation informed Tomic of the intention of the
Italian electrical power administration ENEL to take part in
financing projects of infrastructure in Serbia. (Politika, July 3, 1996)
[04] INTERNATIONAL PROJECT ON THE RESULTS OF CARDIOVASCULAR CLINICS
Institute for Cardiovascular Surgery in Sremska Kamenica,
which is applying the most advanced American model for the follow-up
on surgical risks in cardio-surgery, "Parsonet", will be joining
the international project. This was discussed yesterday by the
director of this Institute Prof.Dr. Josip Cikos and the member of
the scientific-research team of Professor Victor Parsonet from the
Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases in New Jersey, Michael Ger.
According to Ger, the results of research of this model are
confirming that in Kamenica there is a lower surgical death rate
than in the famous clinic in New Jersey. Model Parsonet is being
used for drafting of a single international protocol in treatment
of cardiac patients and is being applied further to Sremska
Kamenica, also in the clinics in Italy, France, Sweden, Argentine,
England and in another 30 clinical centers in the United States.
(Politika, July 3, 1996)
[05] BILJANA PLAVSIC HAS TAKEN OVER ALL THE FUNCTIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF
SRPSKA PRESIDENT
After today's meeting with the high representative of the
international community Carl Bildt, Biljana Plavsic Vice President
of the Republic of Srpska, stated that she has taken over all the
functions of the Republic of Srpska President, thus eliminating the
misunderstanding, and that it is possible to proceed in the
communication with the international community. She also stated
that at today's meeting there was talk of the media and their
function before the forthcoming elections and that Bildt promised
economic assistance to the Republic of Srpska. While addressing the
press, Bildt confirmed that Karadzic has transferred all of his
competencies on Biljana Plavsic. "International community will over
the forthcoming days careful follow the situation and supervise the
developments", said Bildt and added that he discussed with Biljana
Plavsic also other aspects of the peace agreement. (Politika, July 3, 1996)
[06] EVEN AFTER ELECTIONS - DIVISION
Sunday's elections in Mostar have imparted a heavy blow on the
policy of the European Union to reconcile two ethnic communities in
the city and in the region, London comments. In semi-official
British circles it is warned that Mostar elections, in which
nationalists of both sides have von the largest number of votes,
and "independents" were left with only three percent, is inevitably
leading to the continuation "of patrolling" of European Union for
the next six months, in order to prevent the eruption of a new war
between "allies".
Now Mostar is definitely divided, and the international community,
it seems, is already oriented towards accepting after the elections
in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the division of Bosnia, conclude the Italian
commentators. Recalling the unofficial preliminary electoral
results, according to which the votes were divided between party of
Alija Izetbegovic - SDA (Party of Democratic Action), and that of
Franjo Tudjman - HDZ (Croat Democratic Community), Turin "La
Stampa" is writing that "elections desired in Mostar by the West,
have confirmed the fate of the city". For the Rome "Republica",
Mostar after elections on Sunday is finally divided into two parts.
The newspaper "Sole" qualifies the elections in Mostar as a test
for the forthcoming elections in Bosnia which will, it is already
clear, only confirm the existing division of Bosnia. (Vecernje
novosti, July 3, 1996)
[07] MUSLIMS ADMITTED THE CRIME AGAINST 26 CROATS FROM BUGOJNO
Zagreb "Vjesnik" published yesterday that Muslim authorities
in Bosnia have admitted the crime against 26 Croats from Bugojno,
which occurred in the autumn of 1993. "All this happened quite some
time after the end of Muslim-Croat conflict in Bugojno. It is a
question of classic killings violating the Geneva Convention on the
rights of prisoners of war", writes the newspaper and quotes
testimonies of the surviving Croat soldiers. The prisoners were
taken to the elite center for training of the 7th Muslim Brigade,
in which the instructors from Pakistan and Afghanistan were
completing the training with, writes "Vjesnik", "an obligatory
killing of captured adversaries". It is a question of the training
for jihad, the holy war, and mandatory mastering of "the experience
of death". (Vecernje novosti, July 3, 1996)
[08] THE HAGUE AGAINST CROATIA
With a delay of several days, which has already become a
custom when speaking of unpleasant news for the present-day
authorities in Croatia, the Croat public was informed, although
indirectly, through the commentary of "Vjesnik", about the press
news which has already circled the world: that The Hague Tribunal
is allegedly preparing an indictment against Tudjman and six of his
generals. Editor-in-chief of "Vjesnik" Nenad Ivankovic is calling
this information a "scandalous sensationalism", a "shameless
concoction", "media diversion" and similar. He is appalled by the
claims that "Tudjman and his generals The Hague tribunal intends to
allegedly prosecute for the attack on Krajina and alleged crimes
committed".
It is clear that the Croat authorities are the most anxious and
afraid of the call to account for everything that was done during
and after the last-year's Croat military offensive on Western
Slavonia and Krajina. "Vjesnik" is especially accusing "the Swedish
connection", because the information started from Sweden, and
recalls Bildt's scandalous statements and insults at the expense of
Croat government and Croat people at the time of "The Storm". It is
especially hard for it to accept the fact that from this
information it derives that "Croatia was not liberating its
territory, but was attacking some so-called Serbian state".
"Vjesnik" writes that the information "is concocted as a political
guillotine for the Croat people, for its existence, freedom and
independent state. If it should happen that because of "The Storm"
an indictment is filed against the Croat political and military
leadership, then truly it would be known that Croat state is
already condemned". (Politika, July 3, 1996)
[09] SLOVENIA WAS ARMING ITSELF EVEN BEFORE THE YEAR 1990
President of Slovenia Milan Kucan stated in a special TV
Ljubljana program on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of
secession of Slovenia, that Slovenia was arming itself even before
the year 1990, counting, as he said, "with the possibility of a war
conflict". In this way he finally denied all of his previous
statements that Slovenia by a one-sided secession, as he was
claiming, did not cause the disintegration of former joint state.
He also spoke of detailed, long-term preparations for the secession
of Slovenia which was conducted by the then-highest republican
officials with him at the lead. Thus, Kucan confirmed in fact that
Slovenia was not ready for confederation, as a solution of the
Yugoslav crisis, and the insincere acceptance of such an option was
only a political game. Kucan also for the first time stated the
fact that "European Union had a significant role in breaking down
of the SFR of Yugoslavia". The involvement of Slovenia in the
international smuggling, trading and sales of arms over the last
years, Kucan both admitted and tried to justify, as he said, "by
the need for arms to be procured both for defense of Slovenia and
for assistance to Croatia and Bosnian Muslims in their fight
against Serbs". (Politika, July 3, 1996)
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